[New York, NY]

Russian Poetry: Futurism and Silver Age in English Translation
March 11, 2015, 6:00 pm
at Cornelia Street Café

Hosted by Andrey Gritsman, with readings by: David Lehman, translations of Vladimir Mayakovsky and new original poems Ilya Bernstein, new book of translations of Osip Mandelstam Larissa Shmailo, new program: Readings of poems inspired by Victory over the Sun, The First Futurist Opera by Aleksei Kruchenych translated by Larissa Shmailo by Alex Cigale Elizabeth Hodges Andrey Gritsman Irina Mashinski Misha Semenov. A staged reading of scenes from Shmailo's translation of Victory over the Sun (Cervena Barva Press). During both parts: Original music composed by Finnish composer Jukka-Pekka Kervinen based on Mikhail Matiushin's  partially lost score for the original 1913 production. More event information here.